Featured Shop: delphine
August 16, 2022 — Interviews
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![Delphine takes a selfie in a bathroom mirror showing off her favorite babaa cardigan](https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/outfitfeatnbscore.jpeg?w=2400&q=60&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682421&s=89a2e7bfc7304d135fcf64fed0505d9f 2400w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/outfitfeatnbscore.jpeg?w=2160&q=60&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682421&s=3d67b51ec96297be320132cfaf56c449 2160w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/outfitfeatnbscore.jpeg?w=1920&q=60&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682421&s=63f06cb4d2ac736cd5bfedc0e11c9b12 1920w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/outfitfeatnbscore.jpeg?w=1680&q=60&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682421&s=426ffca1f734f94a90b043ff904a8d28 1680w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/outfitfeatnbscore.jpeg?w=1440&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682421&s=de3a26b7b47edf2d3e6e7a43ddf6a59b 1440w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/outfitfeatnbscore.jpeg?w=1200&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682421&s=9a2d0a1dfbb889e97f82e9c28f184622 1200w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/outfitfeatnbscore.jpeg?w=1080&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682421&s=7b0c136c4339bd88a6ecaa8d8182bfe2 1080w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/outfitfeatnbscore.jpeg?w=960&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682421&s=00a0587f782a31cb7624ee7b1c1440a9 960w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/outfitfeatnbscore.jpeg?w=720&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682421&s=d3ddd8daad6ff5d2befad04beefd01de 720w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/outfitfeatnbscore.jpeg?w=640&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682421&s=44a093a02c86faa2752786e0f7bb45d8 640w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/outfitfeatnbscore.jpeg?w=480&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682421&s=c7a7afa557dc68bee1376dc86efd0eb8 480w)
Tell us a little bit about yourself. Where are you based? How do you spend your days?
I'm currently based in Portland, Oregon. To pay the bills I work as a business systems analyst, but I also design and produce clothing (as Delphine Bedient), write poetry, and run Quotidian Press. I spend my time sewing and knitting clothes (I make every piece myself), reading, watching 80s and 90s movies, taking walks in the neighborhood, and birdwatching.
How did you hear about Noihsaf Bazaar / when did you become a part of the community?
I don't recall exactly when I first heard of Noihsaf, but at the time it seemed like this well-kept secret — this magical place where people were scoring all these great pieces of clothing!
What is your favorite Noihsaf score?
A Babaa cardigan in the best color of celadon.
![A screen grab from the movie "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown"](https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/inspiration2.jpg?w=2400&q=60&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682461&s=5464ef065728c8c0124413802bc67b75 2400w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/inspiration2.jpg?w=2160&q=60&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682461&s=67924cc7cd5e19cdcde73a5bd41d3b04 2160w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/inspiration2.jpg?w=1920&q=60&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682461&s=4cdbe25608bb4743c4b62e47655c1c3c 1920w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/inspiration2.jpg?w=1680&q=60&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682461&s=6cac0315e1696772d776688ebbb8717a 1680w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/inspiration2.jpg?w=1440&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682461&s=52a563f66d3dfe1d955621a8ed2a25d8 1440w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/inspiration2.jpg?w=1200&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682461&s=2f58dd52146ea464923a2ddd242dff20 1200w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/inspiration2.jpg?w=1080&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682461&s=21a8b15187a6c15c767233961783af25 1080w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/inspiration2.jpg?w=960&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682461&s=180e11a303ff55dc24e7740c07c8c42c 960w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/inspiration2.jpg?w=720&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682461&s=a7b36369e5b27abddcc0bf2fc831fb0f 720w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/inspiration2.jpg?w=640&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682461&s=27448c728dda01c1029af0b26c58e7d2 640w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/inspiration2.jpg?w=480&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682461&s=ddaa8cdffe6e9dbad33b47351ae44d7c 480w)
"Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" (movie)
![A scene from the movie "Working Girl" of Harrison Ford and Melanie Griffith](https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/inspiration1.jpeg?w=2400&q=60&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682521&s=e4cf785088d392a85f51ec404749e487 2400w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/inspiration1.jpeg?w=2160&q=60&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682521&s=43c30f4b9f13788e12f7aaefa988cebc 2160w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/inspiration1.jpeg?w=1920&q=60&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682521&s=39739bf24a0bafc3481a274eeca860c9 1920w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/inspiration1.jpeg?w=1680&q=60&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682521&s=4eae33f6b17b4bfe580dea51e88f010a 1680w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/inspiration1.jpeg?w=1440&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682521&s=68543517564f1e4b5d343c52556ccf70 1440w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/inspiration1.jpeg?w=1200&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682521&s=4f3affc7bcf62dbec7e23d96ee41c143 1200w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/inspiration1.jpeg?w=1080&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682521&s=e4db838d113b98638902f1f698301c4a 1080w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/inspiration1.jpeg?w=960&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682521&s=825693960c7d286681757d6126484cd3 960w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/inspiration1.jpeg?w=720&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682521&s=53d331802d07f3a40926a999d2e20fbc 720w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/inspiration1.jpeg?w=640&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682521&s=2aed987ee4b18489e357ea6821e3ec0d 640w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/inspiration1.jpeg?w=480&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682521&s=b20cfad01bd568c2e80295d201061938 480w)
"Working Girl" (movie)
How would you describe your personal style? Do you have any style inspirations that you return to?
I really enjoy wearing over-the-top near-ridiculous things (bright colors, dramatic silhouettes, puffed sleeves) but grounding them with something that makes the outfit more practical for daily wear. It adds a bit of contrast to keep things from being overly coordinated and makes it easier to get a great piece into more frequent circulation rather than saving it to wear at a special event that may or may not ever come. I have a background in art and still approach most things in life as an artist. So I think about contrast, texture, and shape a lot when I am deciding on an outfit. Also, when in doubt, dress in monochrome.
Recent inspirations (in no particular order): The midwestern women I saw when I was a kid who would swap out their high heels for athletic shoes after church on Sundays so they could stop at the mall or supermarket on the way home, the fashion and color palette of the movie Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, 90s paparazzi photos of celebrities on their way out to get coffee, Shelley Duvall's outfits in The Shining, this article I was reading in Apartamento that talks about "dressing in haste, like the accidents that can happen when you get dressed to go walk the dog".
I find myself revisiting that last one in the list quite a bit and I think my best outfits are the ones I put on quickly to go do something like take out the trash, without the expectation of being seen. You end up skipping the usual agonizing over whether that color is really your color, etc. and instead you just throw things on and go. It keeps the outfit more fresh and interesting.
![A purple dress hanging from a wood fence available for sale on Noihsaf](https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/shopitem2.jpeg?w=2400&q=60&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682629&s=42aac0221375e8d5c6046c39c92f0406 2400w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/shopitem2.jpeg?w=2160&q=60&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682629&s=6e152d0ec266148fd0efd0af071732df 2160w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/shopitem2.jpeg?w=1920&q=60&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682629&s=9f8c3ce67cd4d04b68500db6b029d8d5 1920w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/shopitem2.jpeg?w=1680&q=60&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682629&s=9c0ec6badc5bf3042bb172031e0f0b7f 1680w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/shopitem2.jpeg?w=1440&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682629&s=2fe2e4649529efeba7c3b2b627279388 1440w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/shopitem2.jpeg?w=1200&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682629&s=4e5c88c16bc50e3f20dbecbf83a72c31 1200w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/shopitem2.jpeg?w=1080&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682629&s=4870012c630b72f86098415b213e3419 1080w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/shopitem2.jpeg?w=960&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682629&s=a37642816974f690b1a00d8910f31582 960w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/shopitem2.jpeg?w=720&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682629&s=4417876789d3bc081c515ef3df9f31f7 720w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/shopitem2.jpeg?w=640&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682629&s=02dd4f8c77a04af4eb8b37c5a0fe671f 640w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/shopitem2.jpeg?w=480&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682629&s=9b82c6bb3cafbc381926ad3e91059edc 480w)
![A seflie from Delphine wearing a sheer purple lace dress, biker shorts, and sunglasses.](https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/outfit1.jpeg?w=2400&q=60&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682670&s=34e8c222c4ace66327a7aa3d106552fd 2400w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/outfit1.jpeg?w=2160&q=60&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682670&s=6e6550ea60e99137584a4446e023124b 2160w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/outfit1.jpeg?w=1920&q=60&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682670&s=267e20a6b0bea3fcf6ff10a858c28cbb 1920w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/outfit1.jpeg?w=1680&q=60&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682670&s=cd5c56d7b69c14daaae1d68954f3583c 1680w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/outfit1.jpeg?w=1440&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682670&s=79a9cd7b9a26cf9d8de74e1d6c44c97d 1440w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/outfit1.jpeg?w=1200&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682670&s=ba6244605fe1d24749517334f91b3f5f 1200w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/outfit1.jpeg?w=1080&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682670&s=b36650a1739e7465aa0b4c8ef3c49697 1080w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/outfit1.jpeg?w=960&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682670&s=713c9ba38fed6e380c2a01c84925af85 960w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/outfit1.jpeg?w=720&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682670&s=9490851722311d633ebf45e4f727ffd8 720w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/outfit1.jpeg?w=640&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682670&s=97c0e732b595b699b0a5e5135f45dc4b 640w, https://transforms.noihsafbazaar.com/production/uploads/outfit1.jpeg?w=480&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1660682670&s=34c78188055c2e76d03ef62fc4a39f1a 480w)
A dress (by Story mfg.) available in her shop and Delphine styling a purple lace dress of her own.
What’s your favorite part about being a member of the Noihsaf community?
I appreciate Noihsaf as a place that brings lots of people with great taste together. I always enjoy browsing the feed just to see what kinds of things are circulating and have often found a favorite new designer by seeing something someone was selling here.
Favorite song to play when getting dressed?
"Feelin' Myself" - Nicki Minaj ft. Beyoncé. Or "Punker Plus" by Le Tigre if I'm running late.
THANK YOU!
You can shop Delphine's Noihsaf shop here.